Knock, knock? Anybody home?
I was off for a while gaining (injury/stress/mother failing/dying), but now I've lost for 3 weeks in a row, and am feeling more like the ice beneath my feet isn't so thin.
Abilene - and others - how are you doing?
I'm paying attention to getting more protein this time around. A lot of my hair fell out last year when I lost all that weight; first time ever despite many times losing. I think it was the fasting not adding up to enough protein in a day. So far I'm hitting the protein smoothies pretty hard. Putting extra fiber in them and stuff like chia seeds, frozen spinach (the only way I can stand it!), MCT oil, fruit sometimes although I would rather eat it on the side generally.
One thing I liked about fasting was not having to decide what to eat. Protein powder smoothies are pretty similar and deciding what to put in them reminds me a bit of mud-pie "cooking" when I was a kid - a little of this, a little of that, what else can I add?
Since I am re-losing regained weight, which is the worst, I'm reminding myself "one day at a time". I'm also mindful, however, that the ultimate goal is determining a way of eating I can realistically stick to most of the time. I no longer dream of low weight goals, but I would like to reduce my set point ever downward. I think set-point still is a real thing, and also that it can be reset. I believe I've managed to re-set mine 30 lbs below what it used to be. Recent experts I've seen say the longer you can stay at a weight, the more likely you will continue to stay there, with the minimum probably being one year, with two years better.
I'm willing to commit to posting here more often. The unrelenting vlc/keto drumbeat here gets to me sometimes and I miss LCF too, as I used to go there to read about people's different experiences with more varied diets.